Dušan Kerkez

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For the Serbian basketball player, see Dušan Kerkez (basketball).

Dušan Kerkez
Personal information
Date of birth (1976-05-01) 1 May 1976 (age 49)
Place of birth Belgrade, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 CSKA Sofia (manager)
Youth career
Partizan
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
199ɂ–199ɂ Voždovac
2001–2002 Radnički Obrenovac 26 (1)
2002–2004 Leotar 63 (9)
2004–2005 Zrinjski Mostar 27 (3)
2005–2007 Rijeka 41 (1)
2007–2011 AEL Limassol 93 (5)
2011–2014 Aris Limassol 82 (2)
Total 332 (21)
International career
2004–2006 Bosnia and Herzegovina 4 (0)
Managerial career
2014–2018 AEL Limassol (youth)
2018–2021 AEL Limassol
2022–2023 Čukarički
2023–2025 Botev Plovdiv
2025– CSKA Sofia
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Dušan Kerkez (Serbian Cyrillic: Душан Керкез; born 1 May 1976) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player who played as a midfielder.

Club career

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In the 2001–02 season, Kerkez played regularly for Radnički Obrenovac and helped the club earn promotion to the First League of FR Yugoslavia for the first time in history. He then moved to Bosnia and Herzegovina and joined Leotar in the summer of 2002, helping them win the national championship in their debut appearance in the top flight.[1]

After two years at Leotar, Kerkez switched to fellow Bosnian side Zrinjski Mostar in the summer of 2004, celebrating his second league title in his only season at the club. He subsequently moved to Croatia and signed with Rijeka, winning the national cup in his first year.

In the summer of 2007, Kerkez was transferred to Cypriot side AEL Limassol. He spent four seasons with the club, before switching to cross-town rivals Aris Limassol in the summer of 2011.

International career

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Kerkez received his first call-up to the Bosnia and Herzegovina squad by manager Blaž Slišković[2] and made his debut for them in a February 2004 friendly match away against Macedonia. He has earned a total of four. He also played in an unofficial game against Iran in 2005. His final international was a September 2006 European Championship qualification against Hungary.[3]

Personal life

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Kerkez's son Strahinja Kerkez is also a professional footballer, and is a youth international for Cyprus.[citation needed]

Managerial statistics

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As of 24 August 2025
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record
G W D L Win % GF GA GD
AEL Limassol 6 March 2018 6 December 2021 128 59 24 45 046.09 179 152 27
Čukarički 31 May 2022 15 August 2023 49 31 7 11 063.27 88 51 37
Botev Plovdiv 4 September 2023 1 June 2025 78 36 16 26 046.15 114 93 21
CSKA Sofia 6 June 2025 Present 5 0 3 2 000.00 2 4 -2
Career total 260 126 50 84 048.46 383 300 85

Honours

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Player

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Leotar
Zrinjski Mostar
Rijeka

Manager

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AEL Limassol
Čukarički
Botev Plovdiv

Individual

References

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  1. ^ "Leotar prvak Premier lige BiH" (in Croatian). rtl.hr. 25 May 2003. Archived from the original on 26 August 2020. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  2. ^ "Sliškovic selects new names". UEFA. 11 February 2004. Archived from the original on 26 June 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2009.
  3. ^ "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  4. ^ "Dušan Kerkez trener meseca u Mozzart Bet Superligi: Moramo i mi da budemo čarobnjaci, efikasan fudbal vraća publiku". mozzartsport.com. 3 October 2022. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
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